Farseer

I decided to have a go at a traditional colour scheme for this farseer. I pinched the spear for a conversion for another model, so decided to give this farseer a wriathblade sword instead.

I'm really happy with the bright, vibrant red on the inner robe. It's a combination of burgundy and traffic red acrylic paints from Molotow, cadmium red oil paint with blue mixed in for shadows and yellow and white for highlights (I think it was a blue). I decided to redo the final highlights in acrylic (once dry), with whatever bright red, yellow, and white I had to hand (used sparingly).

Until next time, happy painting!

Melusai Ironscale

I've been painting a couple of random models not for any specific collection. This is one of them.

Until I built it, I was very excited by this model, but I absolutely hate the way the tail fits together and around the column. I found it impossible to get the seams to line perfectly, so some scales have - to my eye - noticeably bigger gaps between them than they should. Nevertheless, once I got over that it was relaxing to paint and try some rich, venomous colours.

 

 

Until next time, happy painting! 

Dryads again

They're a very old sculpt (and it shows when you're putting them together) but I love them. Once again, these are not the start of an army (though I have some bigger trees that will soon be on the WIP table). They were actually a small addition to someone's collection and painting them almost entirely in oils was an absolute joy. 

I really need to get some of these for my own collection. Maybe about 40? What size unit do I need for The 9th Age?

Until next time, happy painting!